Usage of the character 貝
bèi
贝
[貝]
- cowrie
- shellfish
- currency (archaic)
Bèi
贝
[貝]
- surname Bei
bèitǎ
贝塔
[貝塔]
- beta (Greek letter Ββ)
bèiguǒ
贝果
[貝果]
- bagel (loanword)
Bèikè
贝克
[貝克]
- Baker or Becker (name)
bèisī
贝司
[貝司]
- bass (loanword)
Pángbèi
庞贝
[龐貝]
- Pompeii, ancient Roman town near Naples, Italy
kǎobèi
拷贝
[拷貝]
- copy
- to copy (loanword)
xiānbèi
仙贝
[仙貝]
- rice cracker
hùbèi
护贝
[護貝]
- (stationery) to laminate (Tw)
fēnbèi
分贝
[分貝]
- decibel
tiānbèi
天贝
[天貝]
- (loanword) tempeh
bèikè
贝克
[貝克]
- becquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq) (abbr. for 貝克勒爾／贝克勒尔 (bèikèlè'ěr))
bèiké
贝壳
[貝殼]
- shell (of a mollusk)
Bèijiǔ
贝九
[貝九]
- Beethoven's Ninth
Bèi'ěr
贝尔
[貝爾]
- Bell (person name)
Bèibǎo
贝宝
[貝寶]
- PayPal (Internet payment and money transfer company)
bèidiāo
贝雕
[貝雕]
- shell carving
bèisī
贝斯
[貝斯]
- bass (loanword)
- bass guitar
yíbèi
贻贝
[貽貝]
- mussel
jíbèi
吉贝
[吉貝]
- kapok (Ceiba pentandra)
bǎobèi
宝贝
[寶貝]
- treasured object
- treasure
- darling
- baby
- cowry
- good-for-nothing or queer character
Chuānbèi
川贝
[川貝]
- Sichuan fritillary bulb (Bulbus fritillariae cirrhosae, used in TCM)
Bèisǎo
贝嫂
[貝嫂]
- nickname for Victoria Beckham
bèiyè
贝叶
[貝葉]
- pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
gānbèi
干贝
[乾貝]
- conpoy
- dried scallop
Bèinán
贝南
[貝南]
- Benin (Tw)
Xiǎobèi
小贝
[小貝]
- "Becks", nickname of British footballer David Beckham (see 貝克漢姆／贝克汉姆 ( Bèikèhànmǔ))
bèiduō
贝多
[貝多]
- pattra palm tree (loan from Sanskrit, Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
Bèisī
贝斯
[貝斯]
- Bes, a minor god of ancient Egypt
shànbèi
扇贝
[扇貝]
- scallop (genus Pecten)
bèichǐ
贝齿
[貝齒]
- pearly white teeth
- cowry
bèizhù
贝柱
[貝柱]
- the cylindrical adductor muscle of bivalve shellfish such as scallops
dānbèi
丹贝
[丹貝]
- see 天貝／天贝 (tiānbèi)
lùbèi
陆贝
[陸貝]
- land snail
bèimǔ
贝母
[貝母]
- the bulb of the fritillary (Fritillaria thunbergii)
hēibèi
黑贝
[黑貝]
- see 黑背 (hēibèi)
Bèilā
贝拉
[貝拉]
- Beira, Mozambique
bèilèi
贝类
[貝類]
- shellfish
- mollusks
bèiqiū
贝丘
[貝丘]
- shell mound
Bèiníng
贝宁
[貝寧]
- Benin
Lübèikè
吕贝克
[呂貝克]
- Lübeck, Germany
bǎobèir
宝贝儿
[寶貝兒]
- erhua variant of 寶貝／宝贝 (bǎobèi)
bèiyèjīng
贝叶经
[貝葉經]
- sutra written on leaves of pattra palm tree
Bèinàtōng
贝纳通
[貝納通]
- Benetton, clothes company
Bèi'ěr Hú
贝尔湖
[貝爾湖]
- Buir Lake of Inner Mongolia
Bèiduōfēn
贝多芬
[貝多芬]
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German composer
bèiyèzōng
贝叶棕
[貝葉棕]
- pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
Bèilāmǐ
贝拉米
[貝拉米]
- Bellamy
hùbèimó
护贝膜
[護貝膜]
- see 護貝膠膜／护贝胶膜 (hùbèijiāomó)
xīnbèitè
辛贝特
[辛貝特]
- Shin Bet (Israel national security service)
kǎménbèi
卡门贝
[卡門貝]
- camembert cheese
mǎnǎobèi
玛瑙贝
[瑪瑙貝]
- cowrie
Bèikè'ěr
贝克尔
[貝克爾]
- Baker or Becker (name)
Abèi'ěr
阿贝尔
[阿貝爾]
- Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829), Norwegian mathematician
- (math.) abelian
Hābèi'ěr
哈贝尔
[哈貝爾]
- Habel, Haber or Hubbell (name)
- Harbel (town in Liberia)
Bābèiduō
巴贝多
[巴貝多]
- Barbados, Caribbean island (Tw)
Bèinǔlì
贝努力
[貝努力]
- Bernoulli (Swiss mathematical family, including Johann (1667-1748) and Daniel (1700-1782))
Bèilǔtè
贝鲁特
[貝魯特]
- Beirut, capital of Lebanon
bèiléimào
贝雷帽
[貝雷帽]
- beret (loanword)
Nuòbèi'ěr
诺贝尔
[諾貝爾]
- Nobel (Prize)
Bèilǐsī
贝里斯
[貝里斯]
- Belize (Tw)
diànbèisī
电贝斯
[電貝斯]
- electric bass (guitar)
Mùjiābèi
穆加贝
[穆加貝]
- Robert Mugabe (1924-2019), Zimbabwean ZANU-PF politician, president of Zimbabwe 1987-2017
Aóbèidé
敖贝得
[敖貝得]
- Obed (name)
Bèijiālái
贝加莱
[貝加萊]
- B&R Industrial Automation International Trade (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
hùbèijī
护贝机
[護貝機]
- laminating machine
- laminator
Bèiyèsī
贝叶斯
[貝葉斯]
- Bayes (name)
- Thomas Bayes (1702-1761), English mathematician and theologian
lónggōngbèi
龙宫贝
[龍宮貝]
- Rumphius's slit shell (Entemnotrochus rumphii), found in Japan and Taiwan
Kǎnbèi'ěr
坎贝尔
[坎貝爾]
- Campbell (name)
bèikér
贝壳儿
[貝殼兒]
- erhua variant of 貝殼／贝壳 (bèiké)
Bèi Yùmíng
贝聿铭
[貝聿銘]
- Pei Ieoh Ming or I.M. Pei (1917-2019), Chinese-American architect
Bèinèitè
贝内特
[貝內特]
- Bennett (surname)
Bèi· Bùtuō
贝·布托
[貝·布托]
- Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007), Pakistani politician, prime minister 1988-90 and 1993-96
hùbèijiāomó
护贝胶膜
[護貝膠膜]
- (Tw) laminating film
- laminating pouch
Bèitǎsīmàn
贝塔斯曼
[貝塔斯曼]
- Bertelsmann, German media company
bǎobèigēda
宝贝疙瘩
[寶貝疙瘩]
- (of a child) apple of one's eye
Mǎ'ěrbèikè
马尔贝克
[馬爾貝克]
- Malbec (grape type)
Nuòbèi'ěr Jiǎng
诺贝尔奖
[諾貝爾獎]
- Nobel Prize
Bèikǎ Gǔdì
贝卡谷地
[貝卡谷地]
- Bekaa Valley between Lebanon and Syria
bèikèlè'ěr
贝克勒尔
[貝克勒爾]
- becquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq)
- abbr. to 貝克／贝克 (bèikè)
Bèi'ěrgélè
贝尔格勒
[貝爾格勒]
- Belgrade, capital of Serbia (Tw)
Bèilìkǎdēng
贝利卡登
[貝利卡登]
- Ballycotton (Irish: Baile Choitín), village near Cork
- Ballycotton, music band
Bèi'ěrmòpān
贝尔莫潘
[貝爾莫潘]
- Belmopan, capital of Belize
Kǒngsībèigé
孔斯贝格
[孔斯貝格]
- Kongsberg (city in Norway)
ākǎbèilā
阿卡贝拉
[阿卡貝拉]
- a cappella (loanword)
Fúlùbèi'ěr
福禄贝尔
[福祿貝爾]
- surname Fröbel or Froebel
- Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel (1782-1852), German pedagogue
fēi'ābèi'ěr
非阿贝尔
[非阿貝爾]
- (math.) non-abelian
fàncèbèiyè
梵册贝叶
[梵冊貝葉]
- Sanskrit on Talipot palm leaves (idiom); Buddhist scripture
Hābèimǎsī
哈贝马斯
[哈貝馬斯]
- Jürgen Habermas (1929-), German social philosopher
Téngsībèigé
滕斯贝格
[滕斯貝格]
- Tønsberg (city in Vestfold, Norway)
Bèijiā'ěr Hú
贝加尔湖
[貝加爾湖]
- Lake Baikal
bèiduōluóshù
贝多罗树
[貝多羅樹]
- Talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as writing media
Shénqí Bǎobèi
神奇宝贝
[神奇寶貝]
- Pokémon or Pocket Monsters, popular Japanese video game, anime and manga
Bèi'ěrmòbāng
贝尔墨邦
[貝爾墨邦]
- Belmopan, capital of Belize (Tw)
Dálǎngbèi'ěr
达朗贝尔
[達朗貝爾]
- D'Alembert (1717-1783), French mathematician
Bèikèhànmǔ
贝克汉姆
[貝克漢姆]
- Beckenham or Beckham (name)
- David Beckham (1975-), British midfield footballer
Sītǎnbèikè
斯坦贝克
[斯坦貝克]
- John Steinbeck (1902-1968), US novelist
Hūlúnbèi'ěr
呼伦贝尔
[呼倫貝爾]
- Hulunbuir prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia
zhìkǒngshànbèi
栉孔扇贝
[櫛孔扇貝]
- Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri), aka Chinese scallop
xīngānbǎobèi
心肝宝贝
[心肝寶貝]
- precious darling (often refers to one's child); sweetheart
bèisījítā
贝斯吉他
[貝斯吉他]
- bass guitar
gǔdǎbèisī
鼓打贝斯
[鼓打貝斯]
- drum and bass (music genre)
Hélì· Bèiruì
荷莉·贝瑞
[荷莉·貝瑞]
- Halle Berry (1966-), US actress
Hālì· Bèiruì
哈莉·贝瑞
[哈莉·貝瑞]
- Halle Berry (1966-), US actress
Yuēhàn· Lābèi
约翰·拉贝
[約翰·拉貝]
- John Rabe (1882-1950), German who helped protect Chinese during the Nanking massacre period
Bèi'ěrfǎsītè
贝尔法斯特
[貝爾法斯特]
- Belfast, capital of Northern Ireland
Bèi'ěrgéláidé
贝尔格莱德
[貝爾格萊德]
- Belgrade, capital of Serbia
Hūlúnbèi'ěr Shì
呼伦贝尔市
[呼倫貝爾市]
- Hulunbuir prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia
Bèilúsīkēní
贝卢斯科尼
[貝盧斯科尼]
- Silvio Berlusconi (1936-), Italian media magnate and right-wing politician, prime minister of Italy 1994-1995, 2001-2006, 2008-2011
Bèi'ěr Shíyànshì
贝尔实验室
[貝爾實驗室]
- Bell Labs
Qiē'ěrnuòbèilì
切尔诺贝利
[切爾諾貝利]
- Chernobyl
mǎshìzhēnzhūbèi
马氏珍珠贝
[馬氏珍珠貝]
- pearl oyster (genus Pinctada)
Nuòbèi'ěr Hépíngjiǎng
诺贝尔和平奖
[諾貝爾和平獎]
- Nobel Peace Prize
Yàdìsī Yàbèibā
亚的斯亚贝巴
[亞的斯亞貝巴]
- Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia
Shèngdékèxùbèilǐ
圣德克旭贝里
[聖德克旭貝里]
- (Antoine de) Saint-Exupéry
Nuòbèi'ěr Wénxué Jiǎng
诺贝尔文学奖
[諾貝爾文學獎]
- Nobel Prize in Literature
Bèiyàtèlìkèsī
贝娅特丽克丝
[貝婭特麗克絲]
- Beatrix (name)
Adísī Abèibā
阿迪斯阿贝巴
[阿迪斯阿貝巴]
- Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia (Tw)
Hūlúnbèi'ěrcǎoyuán
呼伦贝尔草原
[呼倫貝爾草原]
- Hulunbuir grasslands of Inner Mongolia
Kèlǐsītīng· Bèi'ěr
克里斯汀·贝尔
[克里斯汀·貝爾]
- Christian Bale (1974-), English actor
Bèinàqí'ěr· Bùtuō
贝娜齐尔·布托
[貝娜齊爾·布托]
- Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007), Pakistani politician, prime minister 1988-90 and 1993-96
bābèixīyàyuánchóngbìng
巴贝西亚原虫病
[巴貝西亞原蟲病]
- babesiosis
Kǎnbèi'ěrzhūrúcāngshǔ
坎贝尔侏儒仓鼠
[坎貝爾侏儒倉鼠]
- Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli)
Nuòbèi'ěr Wùlǐxué Jiǎng
诺贝尔物理学奖
[諾貝爾物理學獎]
- Nobel Prize in Physics
Elèbèigé· Dào'ěrjí
额勒贝格·道尔吉
[額勒貝格·道爾吉]
- Elbegdorj Tsakhia or Tsakhia-giin Elbegdorj (1963-), Mongolian US educated Democratic Party politician, president of Mongolia from 2009
Hākèbèilì· Fēn Lìxiǎn Jì
哈克贝利·芬历险记
[哈克貝利·芬歷險記]
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 馬克·吐溫／马克·吐温 ( Mǎkè· Tǔwēn)